U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally designated the Ecuadorian criminal syndicate Los Tiguerones as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), signaling a sharp escalation in Washingtons response to hemispheric narco-violence.

President Donald Trump used a high-energy address in Dallas on Wednesday night to promise a $5,000 dividend for every adult American citizenif voters hand Republicans control of both the House and Senate in Novemberwhile vowing to barnstorm the country on behalf of GOP congressional candidates.

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn now says he would never have accepted a plea deal from Special Counsel Robert Mueller had he been allowed to see the full, unredacted FBI records of his 2017 interview.

Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., is already being floated as a potential standard-bearer for the Republican Party in 2028, with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, suggesting he could be a good person to seek the GOP presidential nomination.

President Donald Trump used his keynote address at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Dallas to draw a stark contrast between what he described as a future of renewed prosperity under continued Republican control of Congress and a decade of national decline if Democrats are allowed to reclaim power.

A fifth juror has now stepped forward to describe the tense, deeply divided deliberations that ended in a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, and his account raises fresh questions about pressure inside the jury room and the treatment of the lone holdout who refused to acquit.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, ignited another viral moment on Wednesday with a pointed rebuke of progressive orthodoxy during his speech at the Republican midterm convention and he makes clear he has no regrets.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has taken another conspicuous step away from his partys progressive base, delivering a pre-recorded video address to the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas on Wednesday night and aligning himself with President Donald Trumps economic agenda.

Republican Senate hopeful Mike Rogers is intensifying his offensive against Democratic rival Dr. Abdul El-Sayed by elevating the voice of David Beamer, father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer, as the nation approaches the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico is discovering that it is far easier to reinvent rhetoric than to outrun a voting record.